CSV.2.10.110 Possession Regulated

(a) Prohibited if taken in violation of Section CSV.2.10.050 – Section CSV.2.10.100. No member shall at any time, by any means, or in any manner, possess or have in custody any migratory bird or part thereof, taken in violation of any portion of Section CSV.2.10.050 – Section CSV.2.10.100 of this ordinance.

(b) During closed season. No member shall possess any freshly killed migratory bird taken off of the reservation during the closed season.

(c) Possession limit. No member shall possess more migratory birds taken in the ceded territory than the possession limit or the aggregate possession limit, whichever applies. This section applies only to transportation. Possession limits for the purposes of this subsection do not include birds which are cleaned, dressed, and at the member's primary residence.

(d) Opening day of a season. No member on the opening day of the season shall possess any migratory bird freshly killed off of the reservation in excess of the daily bag limit, or aggregate daily bag limit, whichever applies.

(e) Field possession limit. No member shall possess, have in custody, or transport more than the daily bag limit, or aggregate daily bag limit, whichever applies, of migratory birds, tagged or not tagged, at or between the place where taken and any of the following places:

(1) The member's automobile or principle means of land transportation;

(2) The member's personal abode or temporary or transient place of lodging;

(3) A migratory bird preservation facility as defined in Section CSV.2.10.010(c) of this ordinance;

(4) A post office; or

(5) A common carrier facility.

(f) Tagging requirements. No member shall put or leave any migratory bird at any place (other than his or her personal abode), or in the custody of another person for picking, cleaning, processing, shipping, transportation, or storage (including temporary storage), or for the purpose of having taxidermy services performed, unless such bird has a tag attached, signed by the member, stating his or her address, the total number and species of birds, and the date such birds were killed. Migratory birds being transported in any vehicle as the personal baggage of the processor shall not be considered as being in storage or temporary storage.

(g) Custody of birds of another. No member shall receive or have in custody any migratory bird belonging to another person unless such bird has been tagged as required by Section CSV.2.10.110(f).

(h) Possession of live birds. Every migratory bird wounded by hunting and reduced to possession by the hunter shall be immediately killed and become part of the daily bag limit. No member shall at any time, or by any means, possess or transport live migratory game birds taken pursuant to this ordinance.

(i) Termination of possession. Subject to all other requirements of this subchapter, the possession of any migratory bird taken by any member shall be deemed to have ceased when such bird has been delivered by him or her to another person as a gift; or have been delivered by him or her to a post office, a common carrier, or a migratory bird preservation facility and consigned for transport by the Postal Service or a common carrier to some person other than the member.

(j) Gift of migratory bird. No member shall receive, possess, or give to another, any freshly killed migratory birds as a gift, except at the personal abode of the donor or donee, unless such birds have a tag attached, signed by the member who took the birds, stating such member's address, the total number and species of birds and the date such birds were taken.